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        Here’s an overview of the most-important KPIs and metrics for measuring success in IT support. Take a look and see which to emphasize in your organization.
     
    
        Date Published September 14, 2022 - Last Updated October 10, 2024
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        Too often, IT is expected to add new technology to tackle challenges. HDI 2022 Featured Contributor Don Varela argues that sometimes, we can do more with less.
     
    
        Date Published September 14, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        Best of HDI in 2022 - #5: Too often, service catalog use erodes over time. Here is how to revitalize the catalog and ensure it is being used as the first step by end users who need help.
     
    
        Date Published September 13, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        Why are so many of us good at achieving work-related goals and not personal ones? It might be because we’re not strategizing in the same way. Here are some suggestions.
     
    
        Date Published September 12, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        An IT service veteran weighs the pros and cons of investing resources into this hot, new technology, and feels the picture for the road ahead may not be fleshed out in 3D.
     
    
        Date Published September 7, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        In this IndustryVoices piece, Venkat Balasubramanian, Vice President of Product Management at Freshworks discusses how industries can best integrate automation in the future of IT service.
     
    
        Date Published August 31, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        Too often, IT’s work is done behind the scenes, and is only noticeable when things go wrong. Here is how to change that.
     
    
        Date Published August 31, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        For true transformative change to take hold, it requires a fundamental redefinition of what IT service management is. Also, it’s not a one-and-done process.
     
    
        Date Published August 30, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        In this IndustryVoices piece, Chad Haftorson of Freshworks discusses the promise of AI and Machine Learning in the new working landscape.
     
    
        Date Published August 29, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023
    
    
  
    
  
        
        
        To improve overall network security, IT professionals should routinely review and improve their enterprise's firewall design and implementation.
     
    
        Date Published August 24, 2022 - Last Updated January 20, 2023